enigma-bbs/docs/filebase/index.md

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page About File Areas

A Different Approach

ENiGMA½ has strayed away from the old familure setup here and instead takes a more modern approach:

  • Gazelle inspired system for searching & browsing files
  • No File Conferences (just areas!)
  • File Areas are still around but should generally be used less. Instead, files can have one or more tags. Think things like dos.retro, pc.warez, games, etc.
  • Temporary web (http:// or https://) download links in additional to standard X/Y/Z protocol support
  • Users can star rate files & search/filter by ratings
  • Concept of user defined filters

Other bells and whistles

  • A given area can span one to many physical storage locations
  • Upload processor can extract and use FILE_ID.DIZ/DESC.SDI, for standard descriptions as well as README.TXT, *.NFO, and so on for longer descriptions
  • Upload processor also attempts release year estimation by scanning prementioned description file(s)
  • Fast indexed Full Text Search (FTS)
  • Duplicates validated by SHA-256